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While I can appreciate the OP’s concerns, I don’t think the issues he is raising are TR’s fault. WSB has always said that they don’t have th resources to monitor every thread in the forums so can only police when flagged, which is way MORE than any other blog or news site in town does. I am very thankful for the rules they have established here, which are exactly why as many participate as they do.
What we are bummed out by is human nature when in an anonymous space. I felt this acutely when I posted last year about the red light camera at OLG. I wanted to have a conversation about not only the legality of it but also the larger “big brother” implications. Instead I was basically called a reckless driver who was encouraging the deaths of more kids. Seriously. I was going 26 mph in a 20 zone.
Since then I don’t post much. And I am sure I have been on the other side. I know I have gotten pretty heated on here at R 74 and anyone who thought I should not be able to marry my now wife.
We are humans and so fallible. But it is hard to experience that in a space like this, with no concept of who is on the commenting side in real life…